Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Germany's asylum positive increased by 85.6% compared to 2024, reaching 70,160.

Germany accounts for 42.1% of the EU-27 total of 166,825.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 85.5% (from 37,820 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.